A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis

by Jean-Pierre Dupuy

In 1755 the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Almost 250 years later, an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a tsunami whose devastating effects were felt over a vast area. In each case, a natural catastrophe came to be interpreted as a consequence of human evil. Between these two events, two indisputably moral catastrophes occurred: Auschwitz and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And yet the nuclear holocaust survivors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611861853
• ISBN13: 9781611861853
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.8"